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Where does the phrase "I wouldn't touch him with a ten foot pole" come from?
You've said it. Your friends have said it. Maybe your grandmother said it about that sketchy neighbor down the street. "I ...
According to the New Testament, Jesus was buried in a new tomb out of rock. (Matthew 27:60, Mark 15:46; Luke 23:53) in a garden near the crucifixion site (John 19:41), just outside the city (John ...
A mummy found in Mexico shows signs of a possible living mold. Officials warn that exposure could pose a risk to visitors and ...
(WTAP) -In Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, British archaeologists Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the first souls to enter King Tutankhamen’s tomb in more than 3,000 years on Nov. 26, 1922.
An unusual structural failure recently caused a dramatic, sinkhole-like collapse in an historic English churchyard — revealing a 300-year-old family vault. The hole opened up on Saturday, Nov. 8, at ...
Clayton Dubilier & Rice is expected to sell about $4.5 billion of leveraged loans to help fund its acquisition of packaging firm Sealed Air as part of one of the biggest buyout financings underwritten ...
Workers preparing a construction site in Hungary’s capital have stumbled onto a sealed Roman coffin that had not seen daylight for roughly seventeen centuries, a discovery that instantly shifts how I ...
The great Norse warriors not only believed in the afterlife, but saw it as their duty to help the deceased get there, with complex ceremonies such as burying their dead in ships. THE ANUNDSHÖG RUNE ...
Shares of packaging company Sealed Air surged by double-digits on Thursday after a report suggested the Bubble Wrap maker was in talks to go private.
A team of archaeologists has uncovered a remarkably intact Roman sarcophagus in northern Budapest, Hungary, offering new insights into burial practices and social life in what was once a major Roman ...
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